Coat construction



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retreat UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY S. HASPEL, WILLIAM I-IASPEL, AND JOSEPH HASPEL, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

COAT CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed October 4, 1924. Serial No. 741,576.

To all whom it may concern. Be it known that we, I-TARRY S. I IASLEL, WILLIAM HAsPnL, and Josnrrr HAsrnL, citizens of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Coat Construction, of which the following is a speci fication. I

p This invention relates to coats of the class having facings beneath the front portions, and has for one of its objects to provide a garment of this class wherein the stitches which secure the facings to the body of the garment are concealed by the sleeves and the lower outside pockets, and the objectionable appearance of the stitches avoided.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings. illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 isa view of one of the improved garments with one side closed and one side opened, with the improvements applied.

, Figure 2 is a fragmentary section of the lower portion of the improved garment.

The improvement is designed for application to the lighter grade of wash and woolen coats, and includes a body or back portion 10, right front portion 11, left front portion 12, right sleeve 13, left sleeve 14, collar 15, lower right hand pocket 16 and lower left hand pocket 17, these parts being of the usual construction.

Attached to the inner face of each of the front portions of the garment is a facing member, one of which is shown as a whole at 18. Each of the facings 18 is of less width throughout than the width of a front 12 and is formed with a top edge 18, front edge 18 and bottom edge 18, which are secured to the outer edge of a front 12 by the row of stitching 19. The inner edge of each facing 18 is formed with a rearwardly directed inclined upper part 19, a

rearwardly opening semi-circular part 19 a forwardly extending intermediate inclined part 19 and a forwardly directed inclined lower part 19. The part 19 extends from the inner end of the top edge 18 to the upper end of the semi-circular part 19 The intermediate inclined part 19 extends at a greater inclination than the lower in clined part 19. The intermediate inclined part 19 extends from the lower end of the semi-circular part 19 and terminates in the upper end of the lower inclined part The semi-circular part 19 extends around half of the armhole of the coat and the ends of said semi-circular part 19" are arranged at diametrically opposed points at the vertical diameter of the armhole of the coat. The lower portion of the intermediate inclined part 19 is positioned to oppose the pocket 16 or 17 of the coat betweon the vertical median of the latter and its forward side. The upper portion of the lower inclined part 19 is positioned to oppose the pocket 16 or 17 of the coat be tween the vertical median thereof and its forward side. A row of stitching is employed for also securing the facing 18 to the front 12. The said row of stitching 20 extends throughout the semi-circular portion 19", as well as extending throughout the intermediate inclined portion 19. The row of stitching further extends at the upper part of the lower inclined portion 19 which opposes the pocket 16 or 17. The inclined upper part 19 of the inner edge of the facing is free of the stitching 20, whereby such part will not be connected to the front 12. That portion of the lower inclined part 19 which extends below a pocket 16 or 17 is free of the stitching 20, whereby said portion is disconnected from the front 12. The stitching 20, which is arranged at the lower part of the portion 19 and upper part of the portion 19 is concealed by the pocket 16 or,

17. That portion of the stitching 20 arranged between the top of a pocket 16 or .17 and the armhole of the coat is concealed. :by a sleeve 13 or 1 1 when the latter hangs .clownvvardly. The providing of the inner edge with. the inclined portions 19 and 19 forms the facing 18 of gradually decreasing width with respect to that part thereof which depends from the armhole of the coat.

The portions of the stitches which extend around the forward one half of the arm holes are merged with the stitches by which the sleeves are attached, and are therefore not visible from outside the garment, while the stitches which are located opposite the pockets 16 and 17 are entirely concealed thereby, leaving only the short section of stitches between the arm holes and the pockets visible, and these short portions are concealed by the sleeves, as before stated.

The portions of the facings which extend over the upper fronts between the arm holes and collar 15, are left unstitched, while the short portion between the lower sides of the pockets and the bottom line of the garment are also left unstitched, as indicated in Figure 1, so that, as before stated, the only Visible stitches are those beneath the sleeves, and concealed thereby.

The expense oflma'nuf-acture orthe amount of goods employed is not increased, while the advantages are materially-increased and the appearance of the garment materially improved.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

In a coat a facing for and ofless width than each front portion of the coat body and further having its top, front and bottom edges secured to said front portion, said facing lower end in the upper end of said semi-circular portion, said forwardly inclined portion extending from the lower edge of said semi-circular portion to said bottom edge and having apart thereof opposing a pocket of the coat at a point between the vertical median of the pocket and its forward side, and a row of stitching extending throughout said semi-circular portion and the said forwardly inclined portion from the top thereof to the lower terminus of that part thereof which opposes the pocket for securing the facing to the coat, front, said stitching free of the rearwardly inclined portion and that part of the forwardly inclined portion below the bottom of the pocket and concealed by a sleeve of the coat when hanging downwardly and further by a pocket of the coat.

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures hereto.

HARRY S. HASPEL. WILLIAM HASPEL. JOSEPH HASPEL, 

